Scientists urged government to tighten alcohol regulations before outright ban

This was revealed in parliament on Wednesday when the SA Medical Research Council presented a report used to brief health minister Zweli Mkhize's advisory committee.

“It might also make it easier to defend legal challenges because then the government could say they initiated less intrusive strategies first,” said Parry. nd what would be the effect of placing tighter restrictions on alcohol access as opposed to a ban on liquor sales, in terms of reducing the burden on the public health-care system and trauma admissions? That was the one we added because we felt we also needed to look at that,” said Parry.

Parry said with the ban, they were expecting a 20% drop in cases for the first week but after four weeks of the ban, they were expecting a maximum drop of 40%.

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